Chastain relishes the more unhinged and rapacious facets of this meaty role, sinking under the skin of a Count's daughter whose housebound boredom and twisty desires spark an explosion of emotions between her and the story's two other characters: Jean, a worldly valet (Colin Farrell) whose cultural capital belies
his lowly class position, and the devout servant (Samantha Morton) to whom he is woefully engaged.